Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Pdsd Law-Akzo Nobel

6 pending office actions • 2 clients • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=48 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

71.4%
Allowance Rate
n=48
+0.37σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=48
OAs to Allowance
n=15 (min 20)
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=15 (min 20)
Time to Allowance
n=15 (min 20)
+4.4pp
Interview Lift
n=48
28.6%
RCE Rate
n=48
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=48

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=0 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=3 (min 20)
§103 Overcome
n=18 (min 20)
§112 Overcome
n=5 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

C09D, C08K, C08G
Top CPC Subclasses
53%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=48
0
Practitioners
n=48
Apps / Practitioner
n=48 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (67%)
1
Easy (17%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

5
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS 1 83.3% +20.0%
KRUER, KEVIN R 1 26.9% +29.5%
WU, ANDREA 1 69.6% +22.2%
BOYLE, ROBERT C 1 69.6% -2.7%
PAK, HANNAH J 1 78.1% +20.5%
KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1 44.2% +15.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18880760 METHOD OF OBTAINING A COLOR SUBPALETTE FROM A MOODBOARD CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18286645 Heat Resistant Coating Composition KRUER, KEVIN R

Interview Candidates (5)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18265776 Acrylate resins and Powder Coating Compositions and Powder Coated Substrates Including the Same PAK, HANNAH J 24d overdue
17928796 ONE-COMPONENT POWDER COATING COMPOSITION AND SUBSTRATE COATED WITH SUCH POWDER COATING COMPOSITION KOLB, KATARZYNA I 12d
18880760 METHOD OF OBTAINING A COLOR SUBPALETTE FROM A MOODBOARD CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS
18286645 Heat Resistant Coating Composition KRUER, KEVIN R
18284317 Two-Component Aqueous Coating Composition WU, ANDREA

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
AkzoNobel 5
Akzol Nobel Coatings International B.V. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17642
17871
17631
17671

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18880760 METHOD OF OBTAINING A COLOR SUBPALETTE FROM A MOODBOARD Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V. CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2025
18286645 Heat Resistant Coating Composition Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V. KRUER, KEVIN R 1787 §102 Final Rejection Pending Oct 12, 2023
18284317 Two-Component Aqueous Coating Composition Akzol Nobel Coatings International B.V. WU, ANDREA 1763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18283986 Fouling Control Coating Composition Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V. BOYLE, ROBERT C 1764 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
18265776 Acrylate resins and Powder Coating Compositions and Powder Coated Substrates Including the Same Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V. PAK, HANNAH J 1764 Other Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
17928796 ONE-COMPONENT POWDER COATING COMPOSITION AND SUBSTRATE COATED WITH SUCH POWDER COATING COMPOSITION Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V. KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1767 DP Final Rejection 12d Pending Nov 30, 2022

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